Describe the Canadian emergency management system.

With shared land and water borders between the United States and Canada, a shared or coordinated response to disasters and global emergencies is likely. In this assignment, you’ll prepare an executive summary comparing the 2 systems and addressing how their similarities and differences would affect collaboration and communication during emergency events.

Write a 1,050- to 1,250-word executive summary of the U.S. and Canadian emergency management systems. Address the following in your executive summary:
Describe the U.S. emergency management system.
Describe the Canadian emergency management system.
Explain the steps involved in a multinational response involving both countries.
Discuss how interagency collaboration and communication can be maintained when systems existing in the United States and Canada are disparate.

Identify a natural or human-made disaster that occurred in your geographic region that you would like to write about for this assignment and list 3 interagency interactions that you could investigate for effectiveness of communication and collaboration.

In what ways are children at risk for abuse over the Internet?

In what ways are children at risk for abuse over the Internet? What makes the Internet an ideal tool for perpetrators?
Discuss the compounding effects of sexual abuse by clergy or daycare worker.
Discuss some of the fine points in interviewing a child. What must be considered to ensure that the material uncovered will be helpful to the case?

On the Do No Harm Podcast:

What are your feelings and reactions to this episode? What specifically affected you and why?
From this episode or any previous one, what are some of the side effects of being in the child protective system?

What does the speaker say is the connection among plants, the microbiome and mental health?

This paper was due on Thursday, June 2 at 11:55 PM. After your grade is entered it will be available here.
Watch the TEDx Talk video Plants, Microbiome, and Mental Health by Christopher A. Lowry, and in a 2- to 4-page paper, cited in APA format (latest edition), address the following questions:

Ted Talks are described as “ideas worth sharing.” Why was this Ted Talk an idea worth sharing?
How does the speaker describe the microbiome?
How is it linked to mental health?
What does the speaker say is the connection among plants, the microbiome and mental health?
If you were asked to critique this content, what would you sayits strong points are? Are there areas where you disagree? If so, why? Back up your rationale with references and cite your material.

What does Dr. Parenti mean by “He Who Pays the Piper” and by “the ideological monopoly”?

In this assignment you must compare non mainstream and main stream media coverage of current pressing domestic and global political issues in a scholarly fashion. You must also answer the 5 questions at the bottom of this post. In order to accomplish these tasks you must first read chapters on the mass media from both Democracy for the Few and the Struggle for Democracy.
Furthermore you must listen to KPFK radio station, F.M. 90.7 or go on line http://www.kpfk.org or http://www.kpfk.org/programs and listen to one of Amy Goodman’s “Democracy Now” program on that radio station. You can also navigate through that cite and obtain a hard copy of the same program.
There are several other important programs at KPFK like “the Middle East Focus”, “Beneath the Surface”, “Nation Magazine”, “Lawyers Guild” or weekday’s 6:00 p.m. news that you can use. Listening to KPFK, F.M. 90.7 or reading its programs on line is mandatory.
This is not optional. You must cite specific examples from that radio station.
You cannot cite just few simplistic headlines information. You must cite specific, detailed information from KPFK programs and your detailed responses to them.
You should also access the web site of the nation magazine by clicking “www.thenation.com” and read a couple of articles on one or two current major foreign and domestic policy issues/ crisis like the war in Iraq, the Palestinian Israeli conflict, International Economic Crisis or Global Environmental condition /crisis .
You must also read a couple of articles on at least one of the following current major domestic issue/ crisis: the Patriotic Act and its restrictions of Civil Liberties in the United States or the current economic crisis and meltdown in the United States.
Furthermore you must watch a couple of CNN or CBS news programs and read a couple of articles from the L.A. Times or the Wall Street Journal or any mainstream media of your choice on at least one current major foreign policy issue/ crisis AND at least one current major domestic issue/ crisis. Please read the examples provided above.
This is also a must. This is not optional.
Then you must compare and contrast the coverage of those issues by both the Mainstream media; (CNN, L.A.Times,…), and the non mainstream Media; KPFK F.M. 90.7, the Nation Magazine.
After that you must answer all of the following questions:
What does Dr. Parenti mean by “He Who Pays the Piper” and by “the ideological monopoly”? Based on your research which media (mainstream or non mainstream) is guilty of those charges? (Manifests ideological monopoly the way described by Dr. Parenti.)
Which one, the mainstream or the non mainstream media deals with the root causes of current issues or crisis like the Palestinian Israeli conflict, the global climate change, the crisis of gun violence in the United States, the U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, the Russian Interference in the American Election, the restrictions of Civil Liberties in the United States especially for women and the LBGTQ community?
What does Dr. Parenti mean by the “official manipulation?” Based on your research did you see more official manipulation in the mainstream media or the non Mainstream Media? Which one feeds us the official line of the current U.S. administration and why? In other words which one of the two media: mainstream or non mainstream, feeds us the official line and which one is doing a better job to play its role as the watchdog?
Focus on section on “Prevailing Themes in Political News” and “Limited Fragmented, and incoherent political information.” The struggle for Democracy.) Which one of the two: Mainstream or Non mainstream is guilty of those charges.
In your essay you must include KPFK’s programs comparison with either CBS or CNN news programs. If you live in an area that you cannot get that radio station you can go on line and listen to that station on line. The on line address of that station is http://www.kpfk.org/ or http://www.kpfk.org/programs/ these two links both give you access to KPFK and give you the option of listening to or reading the programs of your choice online.

Discuss and analyze the selection criteria and methodology used for selecting a winner proposal.

Analyze the statement of work (P-SOW) found in the RFP and why it is needed. (Write 2-3 pages )
Analyze the management plan (Write 1-2 pages)
Discuss and analyze the selection criteria and methodology used for selecting a winner proposal. (Write 1-2 pages )
Analyze the type of contract being used in the RFP. Is it a “fixed price” or a “cost-plus” contract, and why? (Write 1-2 paragraphs).
Include the solicitation number, requestor’s name, RFP type, and product or service being requested, and contract award date.
The format of your entire analysis must use standard margins with 12-point font.
Your written analysis should be at a minimum of 4 to 6 pages, plus cover and reference page.

What are evidence-based instructional practices or strategies for developing reading comprehension?

What are evidence-based instructional practices or strategies for developing reading comprehension? How can Tier 1 and Tier 2 comprehension instruction be adapted to meet the needs of diverse learners including English learners(ELs)? What would you do differently after taking this class to support your students’ reading development?

http://www.nysed.gov/bilingual-ed/linguistically-diverse-learners-and-nys-next-generation-p-12-learning-standards
http://www.nysed.gov/curriculum-instruction/supporting-all-students-conference-keynote-presentation

Write a research paper that documents past, present, and future social change in relation to two social institutions (religion and education) and demonstrates your understanding of sociological perspectives and concepts.

Write a research paper that documents past, present, and future social change in relation to two social institutions (religion and education) and demonstrates your understanding of sociological perspectives and concepts.
Your project should follow standard APA Style guidelines and include the following major sections:

Title page
Abstract
Introduction: A good introduction summarizes what you will cover in the paper; describe the problem or question you will be discussing or analyzing. It is a roadmap for the reader, so you may want to touch on each of the key points briefly (i.e., the importance of these two social institutions in the past, present, and future, and the key points about social change that will be covered in your project).
Main body/analysis: In this section, you will explain the findings of your research using the key points from your introduction to set up the organization and flow of the paragraphs. (You can give each paragraph a subheading if that helps you organize the content.) You should discuss your findings clearly and concisely, and use in-text citations to support your conclusions. Write in the first-person voice to avoid passive constructions and wordiness. This section of your paper is analytical, so you want to avoid including personal opinions or anecdotes. Those should be included only in the conclusion, where you provide your personal perspective.

Apply relevant sociological and theoretical perspectives and use sociological concepts to demonstrate your understanding of the subject matter, as well as the course material. In addition to other findings you choose to include, your discussion should touch on most or all of the following:
Characteristics, functions and dysfunctions, cross-cultural variations of the two social institutions
Marx, Durkheim, and Weber’s views on religion and social change
Perspectives on social inequality (i.e., race, class, gender) in social institutions
Functionalist, conflict, and interactionist perspectives of the two social institutions relating to social change from preindustrial societies to postindustrial society
A comparison of the characteristics that define small, traditional societies with large, modern societies
A discussion on the role of power
Relationships, effects, and consequences of social change due to industrialization, modernization, urbanization, and/or globalization
Effects of social change, including technology, population, environment, and/or social movements
Intended and unintended consequences of social change
Conclusion: Your conclusion should restate what you covered in your paper and include the key points (match this to your points in the introduction so the paper is consistent). As part of the conclusion, offer your personal perspective of social change within the two social institutions. Reflect on specific changes that have happened in your life as a result of social change, as well as future changes that you think may happen or about which you are concerned. Then, write a final wrap-up sentence that sums up your thoughts about what you have learned from the project.